Madingley Cambridgeshire Family History Guide

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Madingley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1539
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MADINGLEY, a parish in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire; adjacent to the Via Devana, 5 miles WNW of Cambridge r. station. Post town, Cambridge. Acres, 1,163. Real property £2,252. Pop 279. Houses 58. The Manor House, an old brick structure, was the seat of the Cotton family, and is now the residence of Lady King. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £120. Patron, the Bishop of Ely. The church is a neat edifice, with later English spire. There is a recently erected national school.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Registers

Madingley Marriages 1539 to 1812 Cambridgeshire Parish Registers: Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., and Evelyn Young, M.A. (Curate of Fen Drayton.) Volume 3. Publisher: Phillimore & Co. Date of publication: 1909 – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Administration

  • County: Cambridgeshire
  • Civil Registration District: Chesterton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Ely
  • Rural Deanery: Chesterton
  • Poor Law Union: Chesterton
  • Hundred: Northstow
  • Province: Canterbury